Robert H. Smith dead: Son of the builder who helped inspire the Solomon character
Update, 2:05 p.m., Dec. 31, 2009: Just-posted commentary on the Washington Post’s less-than-complete obit of Robert Smith. – D.R. Robert
Category: Skyline Plaza
The Skyline collapse—and property rights vs. human life
Scandals at one level is a beach read, a mix of a thriller and novel of manners. But at another,
Skyline Work Song: A poem by Andrew Solarz
The Solomon Scandals, although fiction, was inspired in part by the Skyline Plaza collapse, which killed 14 workers and injured
David Rothman at Large 